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Hours after the Associated Press released their updated poll on Tuesday, long-time college football analyst and current FOX Sports broadcaster Tim Brando released a top 10 of his own.
To put it mildly, the two are quite different. Here is Brando’s top-10 via his Twitter:
After week #1 of play this is my Top 10: pic.twitter.com/QFWi6XV2gB
— Tim Brando (@TimBrando) September 3, 2019
Brando’s top two teams – Clemson and Alabama – match up with the AP Poll. After that, there is only one more similarity (LSU at No. 6).
Three teams Brando has ranked his top-10 – Nebraska, Washington and UCF – fall outside the AP’s top-10. In fact, the Cornhuskers barely cracked the AP Poll at No. 25. They have Washington and UCF at Nos. 14 and 18, respectively.
Of the three teams included in Brando’s “Just Out” section, two of them are ranked inside the top-10. The Ohio State Buckeyes check in at No. 5 and the Auburn Tigers, who defeated the Oregon Ducks in the final minute of regulation, are No. 10.
The Michigan Wolverines, Brando’s No. 3 team, are listed at seven in the AP Poll. There is no mention of the No. 8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish among Brando’s 13 teams.
A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Teddy Rydquist has been contributing to Saturday Down South and Saturday Tradition since 2019. In addition to his work here, he has covered the Michigan Wolverines for GBMWolverine and Wolverine Digest. He can be found on Twitter @TeddyRydquist.
